Police parade man for killing herdsman, wife who set hubby ablaze

The Ekiti State Police Command on Monday paraded one Moses Ofega, aged 30, for allegedly killing a Fulani herdsman and a woman who is being detained for allegedly setting her husband ablaze on Valentine Day.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Alberto Adeyemi, told journalists during the parade that Ofega had allegedly made confessional statement that he shot at the herdsman by mistake after engaging in a hot disagreement over the destruction of the accused farmlands by the deceased’s cattle.
Adeyemi said the alleged murder was committed at Iyemero Ekiti, Ikole Local Government area of the state on March 4, 2015.
The woman, Ogidiolu Bukola, aged 36, Adeyemi recalled, allegedly set her husband ablaze on February 14 and damaged his body, particularly his manhood.
The PPRO said members of the Fulani Community in the town reported the alleged murder at the Police Station before detectives took all the necessary actions to get Ofega arrested.
The PPRO revealed that the suspect allegedly killed the herdsman in the bush, poured charcoal on him and set him ablaze in an attempt to cover his track.
Adeyemi said detectives from the State Criminal Investigations Department had to trace Moses, who had fled into the bush after committing the offence before he was apprehended.
When quizzed by journalists, Moses said: “I didn’t kill him intentionally. I went to the farm that day because I am a hunter. When I saw that my farm had been destroyed, I had to challenge him and in the course of wrestling with him, my gun fired and hit him.”
The PPRO said the suspect is being investigated and would be charged to court soon.
Commenting on the woman that allegedly sent her hubby on fire, the police spokesman said information at his disposal revealed that the suspect committed the offence over certain disagreement.
But during interrogation, Ogidiolu said she got married to her husband, who is now receiving treatment at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital, three years ago with no child and this she said caused the row between him and her hubby.
However, news had earlier filtered into town that the suspect allegedly poured petrol on her husband because he refused to take her out on Valentine Day, fondly called lover’s day.
Ogidiolu said: “We had disagreement over his nonchalant attitude to my barrenness that day and we were fighting. Our neighbours tried to plead with him but he never listened to them.
“He later ran inside and destroyed all my property. But he had forgotten that we have petrol inside and when he was about lighting his cigarette, the keg that contains the petrol exploded and my husband caught fire immediately.”
The police said investigations are being conducted into her claim, saying she would be charged to court after the conclusion of their findings.